Paul… if his Doc wanted him to have it for free… it would have been put on the part of the prescription where such items are listed

Fair enough but he is at more risk from complications of Flu (well, would have been he’s had his jab now ) and, in the UK would be eligible for a free vaccination - in fact as Mandy points out the MT seems to have put it in the relevant section.

Yep, I am Stella. Back home Friday and straight around to the Pharmacy.

Funnily enough the staff member seemed perplexed, and may have been new.
I am also registered on the new medical record sharing system DMP. That was done by the pharmacy (a different person though, a couple of months ago.

It often is confusing… I have to have regular checks (every 1 or 2 years) which my Doc gives me a Prescription for…

The first one was taken on board by Health and Mutuelle… so I paid nothing… and the second… but the third time I had to pay in full… the fourth time I could not get an appointment locally, so went further afield.

At that medical centre, the receptionist explained that I would probably have to pay… yep, no problem… but the person who was doing the check-up questioned me carefully and put me down as “this lady is entitled to the works for free”.

Since then, I go back to that particular centre and go through the whole rigmarole about possibly paying…. but always ending up as a freebie-lady…

My medicin traitant, my specialist and I have been tearing our hair out about the flu jab for the last few years. I have an ALD, am immune compromised, and a long history of serious lung diseases. But I am under 65, after which flu shots are free.

When I first arrived here I just bought it as I always forget to ask the doctor at right time of year. Last year my MT and specialist both gave me ALD prescriptions, but the pharmacy refused to honour either as not an official voucher from the social security. This year my MT wrote a letter in advance, and it was still rejected as apparently my specialist has to write. I asked her when I last saw her, and she said she has been though this with other patients, and often gets nowhere. She is horrifically busy, and I feel bad asking her to find the time to write a letter so I said I would pay for it this year, and perhaps she could write at the beginning of next year.

The cost of the jab depends whether you have the 3 strain or 4 strain version. I can’t remember whether mine was 6 or 12 euros now. And I didn’t bother getting nurse to do it as it’s so easy to do it myself.

Hi Stella,
The pharmacy said tonask Ameli.
Contacted Ameli through my account and just got a stock reply about the criteria, list etc. So I think I’ll go into their offices and actually try tp speak to someone.

Hi Andrew, I think my situation is similar to yours - I am asthmatic and have always had the flu jab in the UK - only recently started getting my asthma drugs from the French system and am still waiting for the carte vitale (have the attestation des droits though). My doctor gave me a prescription for the jab and told me that I’d have to pay this year, as it’s the first one, but in future years I should be on the system and get the letter from the SECU as a previous poster outlined. So I think you’ll probably only have to pay this once, and in future years hopefully it’ll be offered to you automatically and for free. Hope this helps!